Re: Psalm 133 and The Battle Hymn of the Republic

[Eliezer Kaplan <zelwel...>]

Whoa! Thanks!
                            EK


----- Original Message -----
From: Bloom <bloom (at) gis(dot)net>
To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 1999 10:20 PM
Subject: RE: Psalm 133 and The Battle Hymn of the Republic


> When I was in summer camp, we sang 'Hinei ma tov umanaim shevet achim gam
> yachad' to a very large variety of tunes, and The Battle Hymn of the
> Republic was one of them.
>
> Hinei ma tov umanaim
> Hinei ma tov umanaim
> Hinei ma tov umanaim
> Shevet achim gam yachad!
>
> By the way, I understand that melody to have been originally written as
the
> Methodist hymn 'Oh Brother Won't You Meet Me On Canaan's Happy Shore.'
> After John Brown's failed revolt, the song 'John Brown's Body' was set to
> it.  During the Civil War, Julia Ward Howe's poem 'The Battle Hymn of the
> Republic' was set to it (it was originally published without any suggested
> melody.)
>
> And don't forget the camp bus song, 'John Brown's Baby Had a Cold Upon His
> Chest.'
>
> Jacob Bloom
>
> >.From: "winston weilheimer" <taxrelief (at) bitstorm(dot)net>
> >To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
> >Subject: RE: Psalm 133 and The Battle Hymn of the Republic
> >Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 09:37:49 -0400
> >
> >the original tune is John Brown's Body.....Lays amolding in the grave!
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: owner-jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org
> >Sent: Thursday, September 16, 1999 9:11 PM
> >To: World music from a Jewish slant
> >Subject: Psalm 133 and The Battle Hymn of the Republic
> >
> >
> >I have a co-worker (Chris) who claims that when he was in France in 1976
a
> >Sephardi Rabbi chanted psalm 133 for him (Shir hama'alot- hinei ma tov
uma
> >naim shevet achim gam yachad etc.) with a tune which was related to 'The
> >Battle Hymn of the Republic'. Chris would like to track this tune down,
if
> >possible. Does this ring a bell for anybody, or is somebody just
whistling
> >'Dixie'?
> >                            Thanks,
> >                            EK
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